Obama Signs $16 Billion VA Health Care Bill Into Law

President Obama signed legislation Thursday that tries to mend the broken Veterans Affairs system, providing money to improve facilities and hire more medical staff, along with allowing more veterans to use private facilities. The bill is aimed at cutting veterans' long wait times for health care.

The president noted that in addition to the funding and other changes in the bill, it includes a provision that gives McDonald "more authority to hold people accountable ... so that he can move quickly to remove senior executives who fail to meet the standards of conduct and competence that the American people demand."